Question follow-through · 27103
Undocumented Migrants: Boats
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, within the context of irregular immigration, how she defines what a small boat is.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 3 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 7 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 11 Sept 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
3 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, within the context of irregular immigration, how she defines what a small boat is.
7 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Sept 2026
Answer published
The definition of a small boat can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/migrants-detected-crossing-the-english-channel-in-small-boats/migrants-detected-crossing-the-english-channel-in-small-boats-last-7-days#about-the-data(opens in a ne...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Immigration Controls: Regional Airports
14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Border Force processing capacity at regional airports, such as Edinburgh Airport.